Reigning NHL most valuable player Carey Price will be sidelined for at least six weeks with a lower-body injury, the Montreal Canadiens said Monday.
The star goalie, who has been dealing with an unspecified nagging injury for weeks, will not require surgery, the team said.
Medical update: Carey Price will be out for a minimum of six weeks (lower body injury) – will not require surgery.
— @CanadiensMTL
Montreal announced last Thursday that Price would miss at least a week after he left the previous night's game against the New York Rangers because he had aggravated a lower-body injury.
The injury was the same one that caused Price to miss nine games earlier in the season, coach Michel Therrien said at the time.
The six-week timeframe announced Monday means that Price is likely to miss the outdoor Winter Classic game against the Boston Bruins on New Year's Day at Gillette Stadium.
Price won the Hart Trophy last season as the NHL's most valuable player and also claimed the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goalie.
This season Price, 28, has a 10-2-0 record with two shutouts, a goals-against average of 2.06 and a save percentage of .934 for a Montreal team that boasts the NHL's best record at 18-4-3.
Backup Mike Condon has performed adequately, going 8-2-3 with a 2.19 GAA and .916 save percentage.
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